Abstract: An absolute encoder preferable in being made compact is provided. The absolute encoder includes a first drive gear, a first permanent magnet, a first angle sensor, and a first driven gear of a central axis that is perpendicular to a central axis of the first drive gear, the first driven gear engaging with the first drive gear. The absolute encoder includes a second drive gear coaxially provided with the first driven gear, the second drive gear being configured to rotate in accordance with rotation of the first driven gear. The absolute encoder includes a second driven gear of which a central axis is perpendicular to the central axis of the first driven gear, the second driven gear engaging with the second drive gear. The absolute encoder includes a second permanent magnet provided on a top end side of the second driven gear.

Abstract: An absolute encoder preferable in being made compact is provided. The absolute encoder includes a worm gear (101c) that rotates in accordance with rotation of a main spindle, and a worm wheel (102a) of which a central axis is perpendicular to a central axis of the worm gear (101c), the worm wheel engaging with the worm gear (101c). The worm gear (101c) is formed using a first material, and the worm wheel (102a) is formed using a second material different from the first material.

Abstract: An absolute encoder includes a first drive gear (worm gear 1d) configured to rotate in accordance with rotation of a main spindle, and a first driven gear (worm wheel 2a) that engages with the first drive gear. The absolute encoder includes a second drive gear (worm gear 2b) provided coaxially with the first driven gear and configured to rotate in accordance with rotation of the first driven gear, and a second driven gear provided, in a plan view, on a side opposite the first drive gear with respect to the first driven gear and the second drive gear, the second driven gear engaging with the second drive gear. The absolute encoder includes an angular sensor configured to detect a rotation angle of a rotating body that is rotated in accordance with rotation of the second driven gear.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an absolute encoder capable of suppressing an increase in size while securing the resolution. An encoder includes a magnet rotating integrally with at least one rotary body and a plurality of rotary sensors detecting magnetic poles of the magnet to output detection signals having sinusoidal waveforms, each sinusoidal waveform having a different phase. The at least one rotary body includes a first rotary body rotating integrally with a main shaft and a third rotary body rotating together with the rotation of the first rotary body. The absolute encoder includes an angular sensor to detect the rotational angle of the first rotary body and the magnet is arranged in the third rotary body.

Abstract: Provided is an angle detection apparatus making it possible to reduce the labor of manufacturing while also suppressing bulkiness. The angle detection apparatus includes a first rotating body (120), a second rotating body (122), a first transmission mechanism (111) that causes the second rotating body (122) to rotate by reducing a speed of a rotation of the first rotating body (120), a first angle detector (Ds) that detects a rotational angle of the first rotating body (120), another second angle detector (Dm) that detects a rotational angle of the second rotating body (122), and a processor (40) that specifies a number of revolutions (Rs) of the first rotating body (120).

Abstract: The present invention provides an absolute encoder suitable for reduction in thickness. An absolute encoder, for determining a rotation amount of a main spindle that rotates a plurality of revolutions, includes a first drive gear configured to rotate in accordance with rotation of the main spindle; a first driven gear that engages with the first drive gear; a second drive gear configured to rotate in accordance with rotation of the first driven gear; a second driven gear that engages with the second drive gear; and an angular sensor configured to detect a rotation angle at which a second rotating body is rotated in accordance with rotation of the second driven gear.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an absolute encoder capable of suppressing an increase in size while securing the resolution. An encoder includes a magnet rotating integrally with at least one rotary body and a plurality of rotary sensors detecting magnetic poles of the magnet to output detection signals having sinusoidal waveforms, each sinusoidal waveform having a different phase. The at least one rotary body includes a first rotary body rotating integrally with a main shaft and a third rotary body rotating together with the rotation of the first rotary body. The absolute encoder includes an angular sensor to detect the rotational angle of the first rotary body and the magnet is arranged in the third rotary body.

Abstract: A nebulizer includes: a suction mechanism configured to suck a liquid for humidification from a water bottle containing the liquid and form an aerosol of the sucked liquid by a negative pressure produced by an oxygen gas jetted from a gas jetting part of a nozzle member; a liquid receptor configured to store the liquid residing in the form of droplets into which the aerosol turns; and a receptor-side aerosol forming member configured to suck the liquid from the liquid receptor and form an aerosol of the sucked liquid by the negative pressure. Consequently, germs are prevented from getting into the liquid in a container during use, and the liquid is prevented from dripping when the container is replaced.

Abstract: A humidifying device (nebulizer) includes a liquid receptor configured to temporarily store a liquid, a liquid transfer mechanism configured to transfer a liquid from a container to the liquid receptor, a receptor-side aerosol forming member configured to suck the liquid of the liquid receptor from a liquid suction port by a negative pressure produced by a gas jetted from a gas jetting part of a nozzle member, and form an aerosol of the liquid with a receptor-side aerosol generation nozzle, and a heating mechanism configured to heat at least part of the liquid of the liquid receptor or the liquid in the receptor-side aerosol forming member. A humidifying device that can perform efficient and hygienic heating by using a heater during humidification can thus be provided.

Abstract: A speaker system includes: a display panel having a display screen; a structure having a plate part functioning as an acoustic diaphragm located outside of a perimeter of the display screen and being supported by the display panel; and an actuator attached to the structure so that a displacement direction of the actuator may be a direction of a plate surface of the plate part.

Abstract: There is provided an audio/display apparatus including an audio unit (2) including speaker units (13L, 13R) that reproduce and output audio information, a display unit (3) including a display screen on which video information is displayed. It further includes a support frame (6) to support the display unit (3) fixedly, a carrier (7) which supports the audio unit (2) and is supported on the support frame (6) to be movable, and carrier moving mechanisms (34, 40) to move the carrier (7) in relation to the support frame (6). As the carrier (7) is moved by the carrier moving mechanisms (34, 40), the audio unit (2) is moved between a first position in which it will uncover the entire display screen of the display unit (3) and a second position in which it will overlap, and cover at least a part of, the display screen.

Abstract: A cradle includes a housing, an indicator configured to display a status by emitting light, a light-emitting unit serving as a light source for causing the indicator to emit the light, and a reflection unit for guiding the light emitted from the light-emitting unit to the indicator by reflecting the emitted light to the indicator.

Abstract: There is provided a cradle device including: a connector to which electronic equipment is electrically and detachably connected; a support member having a support supporting a side of the electronic equipment connected to the connector and a brake provided integrally with the support; and a support member fixing mechanism supporting the support member to be movable closer to or away from the electronic equipment connected to the connector and holding the brake to prevent movement of the support member when an external force is applied to a certain region of the support.

Abstract: A disc cartridge includes a storage case storing disc-shaped recording media, disc trays holding the disc-shaped recording media and moved toward one and another sides to be inserted into and extracted from the storage case, and tray levers causing the disc trays to move toward the another side. First, second, and third direction are respectively defined as thickness direction of the disc-shaped recording media, moving direction of the disc trays, and direction perpendicular to the first and second directions. Each disc tray includes a tab which projects in the second direction. Each tray lever includes a pushing portion which pushes the tab toward the another side when the disc tray is to be extracted. The tabs of the disc trays disposed next to each other in the first direction are at different positions in the third direction. The tray levers are positioned near the respective tabs.

Abstract: A speaker system includes: a display panel having a display screen; a structure having a plate part functioning as an acoustic diaphragm located outside of a perimeter of the display screen and being supported by the display panel; and an actuator attached to the structure so that a displacement direction of the actuator may be a direction of a plate surface of the plate part.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus having a structure in which the inside of a cabinet having a speaker unit incorporated therein is effectively cooled, so that the speaker unit satisfactorily plays back a bass sound in which the speaker cabinet has at least two bass-reflex ducts. One bass-reflex duct is used for air-discharge, through which air in the cabinet is discharged by a fan unit, and another bass-reflex duct is used for air-intake. Thus, the inside of the speaker cabinet is effectively cooled while making use of the bass-reflex effect.

Abstract: There is provided an audio/display apparatus including an audio unit (2) including speaker units (13L, 13R) that reproduce and output audio information, a display unit (3) including a display screen on which video information is displayed. It further includes a support frame (6) to support the display unit (3) fixedly, a carrier (7) which supports the audio unit (2) and is supported on the support frame (6) to be movable, and carrier moving mechanisms (34, 40) to move the carrier (7) in relation to the support frame (6). As the carrier (7) is moved by the carrier moving mechanisms (34, 40), the audio unit (2) is moved between a first position in which it will uncover the entire display screen of the display unit (3) and a second position in which it will overlap, and cover at least a part of, the display screen.

Abstract: There is provided a cradle device including: a connector to which electronic equipment is electrically and detachably connected; a support member having a support supporting a side of the electronic equipment connected to the connector and a brake provided integrally with the support; and a support member fixing mechanism supporting the support member to be movable closer to or away from the electronic equipment connected to the connector and holding the brake to prevent movement of the support member when an external force is applied to a certain region of the support.

Abstract: A cradle includes a housing, an indicator configured to display a status by emitting light, a light-emitting unit serving as a light source for causing the indicator to emit the light, and a reflection unit for guiding the light emitted from the light-emitting unit to the indicator by reflecting the emitted light to the indicator.

Abstract: A disk centering system includes: a disk mount portion having a disk mount surface on which a disk form recording medium is to be mounted, the disk mount portion being provided with a predetermined reference point; and at least three disk centering portions for pressing the outer circumferential edge of the disk form recording medium, the disk centering portions being located in radial directions with the reference point as a center, wherein each of the disk centering portions can be moved between a centering position at which the disk centering portion makes contact with the outer circumferential edge of the disk form recording medium mounted on the disk mount surface to thereby center the disk form recording medium and a stand-by position located on the outer side relative to the centering position, and the centering positions are located at an equal distance from the reference point in the radial directions with the reference point as a center.